I'm 82 years old man, this song to me flashed back to my young days with my wife. Very beautiful melody song so I sing this song sometimes. Koki Kojima Japan.
My Dad age 101.5 years sang this song to my Mom today on her 94th birthday. They celebrated 75th anniversary December 31, 2021. Still very much in love.
I'm sorry to hear that he's gone. I only found his songs tonight and I marvel at the way he sings them. Such a pleasant voice and all the verses. Sad that he's passed on.
I am so, so sorry to hear that. It is indeed a tremendous loss to all of us. Farewell Tom, I'm sure that G_D and the angels in Heaven are enjoying your music.
I just found out through your comment. This is such a sad loss. Tom's songs have brought me a lot of joy. I hope they continue to do so through the years.
@@silkyway6575 He really does these 19th century tunes justice. That's hard to find without digging into the old wax cylinders and 78 rpms. RIP. Also didn't know he was gone.
My patient who is going to be 100 sang this song to me. I had to find it and see what it was about. I showed it to him and he started singing. Thank you for this!
I think that this is the most beautiful song ever written. I lost my wife eight months ago, due to a pancreatic cancer, after being together for thirty one years. We we're planning for our retirement days together, but it never did happen. Thank You for all of these beautiful songs of yours.
Thomas Hammond Roush, 66, of Germanton, passed away Aug. 30, 2021, in Winston-Salem after a lengthy hospital stay following a fall with head injuries. He was born and raised in Barboursville, West Virginia, the son of Bert Hammond Roush, a riverboat captain, and Stella Joanna Riley Roush, a nurse. He spent 28 years living in Keokuk, Iowa, before moving to Stokes County in 2016. Roush attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and the Berklee School of Music in Boston. His lifelong passion was singing, playing guitar and banjo, and arranging all his own background music, primarily 19th century and folk songs. He produced 10 CDs and created dozens of music videos, which were followed on RUclips by thousands of subscribers around the world and viewed by millions. His live performances included community events and festivals, Civil War reenactments, private concerts and local radio interviews. He shared his vast knowledge of music history; his music has been used in documentaries and other media for his unique arrangements. Roush loved raising goats and gardening, almost as much as making people laugh. He was even seen playing his banjo and fiddle for local cows and goats. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 28 years, Lennie. He is survived by his twin brother Terry Roush (Leslie) and older brother Mike Roush (Pat), both of West Virginia, and younger sister Barbara Roush of Washington state. He also leaves behind several close friends who loved him dearly. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, at Palmyra United Methodist Church, 5076 N.C. Highway 8 South, Germanton. His ashes will be buried in a private graveyard. In lieu of flowers, Tom would have preferred gifts to nurses, especially at Novant-Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, or LifeBrite Community Hospital of Stokes in Danbury.
I 'discovered' Tom just a year and a half ago but I had no idea that he was no longer with us. At least we still have his wonderful voice and music to lighten our hearts.
Ahhh, this rendition of the song has the verses that are left out of some of the other versions. I can't remember ever hearing it sung this well. I have heard it all of my life, and one week from tomorrow I will enter my 93 year. I am a sentimental person, so you can imagine how this song makes me feel. I look at my wife of 71 years, and feel just like the singer felt about his Maggie.
I am an Australian and have really enjoyed discovering Tom Roush's Music. The Confederate Navy flagship the Shanandoa visited Australia during the civil war and was repaired and set to see. The crew were guests of honor at a Ball in Ballarat, where the Eureka Stockade unfurled the Australian Southern Cross flag! I would like to see Tom sing and play some traditional Australian songs from the same era!
The music belies the melancholy words. It's like, as they bemoan their aged bodies, they still have the melody in their hearts. A bitter-sweet condition. This was well done.
Tom was quite young among the people who sing the vintage songs. RIP Tom Hope there are even younger singers to sing these song, these song really carry wonderful messages and sentiments I am a young guy around 30, from Asia, I love arranging English songs of the bygone era. but my voice is bad.
My great auntie is 97 today and has been humming this, I’m so glad I found it for her, we’ve all been singing it with her, her name is Margaret ‘Maggie’ ❤
My Grandpa used to play so many of your songs. That's what my Momma taught me. He came before you. I am so grateful for your recordings. My Grandpa was born in 1884. I was born in 1967. I wasn't able ro know him in the flesh. Thanx for helping me connect to Philip Bechtel. I am Margaret, his grand daughter. Maggi💖
Gorgeous version of this song, I looked this up to show someone this song, I knew it was old but didn't know it was _that_ old. I assumed 1908-1913 from the Victrola records I heard. Apparently the song was written in the time I thought the singer was talking about. So in reality the songwriter meant the age of the Napoleon-style hats (1790-1820) before the top hat.
So many of these songs were about the singers love of mothers or sisters, family or home. It’s a shame that we’ve lost these lovely values. I wish that we could bring them back. I wonder why those important morals and values have disappeared?
Such a melodious and beautiful song !! Thanks for uploading it Tom.... The song is so calming and the lyrics are beautiful. This kind of music just puts a smile on your face :) It's sad that a lot of young and old people alike these days are deprived the pleasure of listening to folk songs and simple and sweet music. They don't make a lot of music like this nowadays... Anyways greetings from India and keep up the good work!! 😊
My grandpa would go around singing this as he was working in the yard or on his car. All I remembered was something about "over the hills Maggie." I googled that and this came up. It makes me remember him all the more.
Thank you for sharing this great song. It brought to mind a memory from the summer of 1955 of a couple singing - the man singing this song while the woman sang one that went something like play a good old-fashioned melody like my mother sang to me. They were on D.C. TV Channel 5 WTTG. i think the man may have been Art Lamb, but don't have any recall of the woman's name. They sang it often and in perfect harmony. I always enjoyed it. Love pleasant memories. Thanks again.❤
Tom I live in Hamilton and one other great song was written here in Hamilton by Conway Twitty " It only make believe " He was performing here and I guess he was thinking of a love.
I first heard this song on Gunsmoke when Chester (Dennis Weaver) was teaching Kitty (Amanda Blake) a few chords on a guitar. Lol. Nostalgia big time! It's now 2020 and this song is still a find. Kudos You Tube!
@@MusicOfTomRoush So welcome! I'm not all that old, watching Gunsmoke reruns on insp channel. I'm enthralled by the song and Gunsmoke. Can't get enough. I'm just a romantic at heart, I guess. 😍
@@brendaisajiw3417 If I remember correctly, Brenda, I think Doc sang this song when he was at the cemetery where his wife had been laid to rest sometime in the past, and he was there remembering her. It was then that he sang this song. I may be a tad off base here, but I am sure it was Doc who actually sang it in one of the episodes . Perhaps someone may be able to add a few more details to this. Thanks for sharing, Brenda!
Oops, Tom and I will be celebrating our 49th anniversary !! This song is us for sure makes happy to hear because we got the hairs ( baldness, thinning ) , like Maggie and her husband. Hope to celebrate our 50th. Thank you for this song, we need and appreciate every note and word. Two childre
Great version you’ve made, Tom! I also like Richard Jose’s version recorded in the early 1900’s. An interesting character with a very high tenor voice. Also, Brush Shiels did a rock version of the song. All worth checking out.
Tom Roush, I have been searching for about 4 years to find a recording of the original words as Johnson wrote them, with no lyrical changes at all. This version has both added and subtracted from the original poem, but I'm happy that it includes the second verse. Are you aware of a recording like I'm searching for? You have done a wonderful rendition of this work! Thank you!
@@brucespittle9325 I've just seen your RUclips contributions! Thank you for letting me know about them. When the sheet music was published, Johnson's words had already been changed, and since then many people have written their own verses, most of which are good yet not original. See my post on your YT channel.
After an extensive search of recordings of this song, I can say that this version is the absolute closest to the original poem written by George Washington Johnson that I've found. The poem, of course, does not contain the chorus, so I can only guess that the chorus was possibly written by Johnson and Butterfield as the latter was composing the musical score in 1866. The only other diversion from the original poem is found in Line 5 of the last verse: Original: "Our heads they say are as gray, Maggie..." Edited (this version): "They say we are aged and gray, Maggie...." It would be interesting to know whether Johnson also created this edit as the music was being written.
You can find the original poem as published in "Maple Leaves" Page 164 at the following: archive.org/details/cihm_44074/page/n171/mode/2up I've never been able to find a recording of the unchanged lyrics on YT. I do own a copy of the 45 rpm vinyl recorded by Richard Nattress and purchased from the Glanbrook Heritage Society in Ontario, Canada
I'm 82 years old man, this song to me flashed back to my young days with my wife. Very beautiful melody song so I sing this song sometimes. Koki Kojima Japan.
You don't hear this type of music anymore. Enjoy and embrace your memories old timer. This is truly great music!
Hope you had a great 84th birthday!! 🍮🎂🍰
Cheers from the Pacific Northwest :)
ほんとに感謝したいです、お祖父さん。アメリカから。
@@The_Infamous_Bonker0😮
My Dad age 101.5 years sang this song to my Mom today on her 94th birthday. They celebrated 75th anniversary December 31, 2021. Still very much in love.
@@merelychilling agreed
That’s great to hear thanks for telling us Cindy :)
Too beautiful for words
Old school camp of romance, like vintaged XO.
You Are So Fortunate. Continued Blessings!
This is my favorite song by Tom Roush. Sadly he passed away in August 2021. He was only 66. A tremendous loss. RIP to a great singer and musician.
I'm sorry to hear that he's gone. I only found his songs tonight and I marvel at the way he sings them. Such a pleasant voice and all the verses. Sad that he's passed on.
I am so, so sorry to hear that. It is indeed a tremendous loss to all of us. Farewell Tom,
I'm sure that G_D and the angels in Heaven are enjoying your music.
I just found out through your comment. This is such a sad loss. Tom's songs have brought me a lot of joy. I hope they continue to do so through the years.
sad rip
@@silkyway6575 He really does these 19th century tunes justice. That's hard to find without digging into the old wax cylinders and 78 rpms. RIP. Also didn't know he was gone.
My patient who is going to be 100 sang this song to me. I had to find it and see what it was about. I showed it to him and he started singing. Thank you for this!
I heard this song from eastenders
My grandpa sang this to my grandma Maggie at their 50th anniversary only a few months before he succumbed to cancer.
I'm glad that the song brought up meaningful memories for you.
ahh those old timers, they knew what life was all about.
I think that this is the most beautiful song ever written. I lost my wife eight months ago, due to a pancreatic cancer, after being together for thirty one years. We we're planning for our retirement days together, but it never did happen. Thank You for all of these beautiful songs of yours.
I lost my husband of 36 years to stomach cancer. We were married as teenagers and I miss him so.
I’m sorry for your loss and loneliness.
@@matronista Thank you. Sorry for Your loss too. Take care.
@@sriiski ❤️
This sons so reminds us how memories can kieep our missed loved ones forever in each others hearts, and so are timeless songs.
@@maddalenacombs9809 That is so true.
Thomas Hammond Roush, 66, of Germanton, passed away Aug. 30, 2021, in Winston-Salem after a lengthy hospital stay following a fall with head injuries. He was born and raised in Barboursville, West Virginia, the son of Bert Hammond Roush, a riverboat captain, and Stella Joanna Riley Roush, a nurse. He spent 28 years living in Keokuk, Iowa, before moving to Stokes County in 2016. Roush attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and the Berklee School of Music in Boston. His lifelong passion was singing, playing guitar and banjo, and arranging all his own background music, primarily 19th century and folk songs. He produced 10 CDs and created dozens of music videos, which were followed on RUclips by thousands of subscribers around the world and viewed by millions. His live performances included community events and festivals, Civil War reenactments, private concerts and local radio interviews. He shared his vast knowledge of music history; his music has been used in documentaries and other media for his unique arrangements. Roush loved raising goats and gardening, almost as much as making people laugh. He was even seen playing his banjo and fiddle for local cows and goats. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 28 years, Lennie. He is survived by his twin brother Terry Roush (Leslie) and older brother Mike Roush (Pat), both of West Virginia, and younger sister Barbara Roush of Washington state. He also leaves behind several close friends who loved him dearly. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, at Palmyra United Methodist Church, 5076 N.C. Highway 8 South, Germanton. His ashes will be buried in a private graveyard. In lieu of flowers, Tom would have preferred gifts to nurses, especially at Novant-Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, or LifeBrite Community Hospital of Stokes in Danbury.
I 'discovered' Tom just a year and a half ago but I had no idea that he was no longer with us. At least we still have his wonderful voice and music to lighten our hearts.
Tom Roush give us plenty of beautiful traditional american folk songs thank you very much.
R.I.P. Tom. Thanks for the music
So sad to hear of the loss of this great musician and the beautiful ballads the he performed . You are missed Tom by so many of your fans.
Ahhh, this rendition of the song has the verses that are left out of some of the other versions. I can't remember ever hearing it sung this well. I have heard it all of my life, and one week from tomorrow I will enter my 93 year. I am a sentimental person, so you can imagine how this song makes me feel. I look at my wife of 71 years, and feel just like the singer felt about his Maggie.
We all lament days and joys gone by in the whirlwind of life.
So true, Mr. Fox. 😪😊
I think you are preserving some of our lost heritage. This is great- I for one am sure glad you are doing this.
I am an Australian and have really enjoyed discovering Tom Roush's Music. The Confederate Navy flagship the Shanandoa visited Australia during the civil war and was repaired and set to see. The crew were guests of honor at a Ball in Ballarat, where the Eureka Stockade unfurled the Australian Southern Cross flag! I would like to see Tom sing and play some traditional Australian songs from the same era!
Tom died last year sadly
@@jackcarter5101 that's so sad to hear. His songs are an American treasure -- he was a modern Doc Watson
The music belies the melancholy words. It's like, as they bemoan their aged bodies, they still have the melody in their hearts. A bitter-sweet condition. This was well done.
I have loved this song for many years. I am not sure that I still have it in my memory.
One of my very favorite. thank you so much.
Tom was quite young among the people who sing the vintage songs. RIP Tom
Hope there are even younger singers to sing these song, these song really carry wonderful messages and sentiments
I am a young guy around 30, from Asia, I love arranging English songs of the bygone era. but my voice is bad.
Very reminiscent of a less troubled time, my youth. Thanks, Tom'
Thanks tom john martelthanks tom. John martel
My passed grandparents song. I'm 46 now. Thank you 😍
⭐⭐⭐⭐Tom I love these great old songs they are really great they chose the right person for the right songs ⭐⭐⭐⭐.
One of my very favorites. Thank you so much, Tom.
Love that banjo...it sure adds to every song. But nothing would work without your voice. What a treat!
Love those old pictures!
excellent collection thnks mr. roush
My great auntie is 97 today and has been humming this, I’m so glad I found it for her, we’ve all been singing it with her, her name is Margaret ‘Maggie’ ❤
just had our fiftieth Sep 10 1966 -2016 played this song over and over that day seems like just yesterday
My Grandpa used to play so many of your songs. That's what my Momma taught me. He came before you. I am so grateful for your recordings. My Grandpa was born in 1884. I was born in 1967. I wasn't able ro know him in the flesh. Thanx for helping me connect to Philip Bechtel. I am Margaret, his grand daughter. Maggi💖
Thank you, MG!
@@MusicOfTomRoush what...this is really Tom, or a close person to him?
@@MusicOfTomRoush You are amazing💖
@@mgruckdeschel172 It is me or should I say what is left of me! (laughs) tom.roush@gmail.com
Gorgeous version of this song, I looked this up to show someone this song, I knew it was old but didn't know it was _that_ old. I assumed 1908-1913 from the Victrola records I heard. Apparently the song was written in the time I thought the singer was talking about. So in reality the songwriter meant the age of the Napoleon-style hats (1790-1820) before the top hat.
My grandpa (b.1885) sang this song to me as a child when we sat in the porch swing.
"Sigh" very calming. Thank you!!
thanks too all the nurses and too who serve
Good singing.
This song reminds me my secondary school years. Thank you, Tom, for your good rendition.
3 months shy of 60 years when my love left this earth this song is about us rip my dear rj
So many of these songs were about the singers love of mothers or sisters, family or home. It’s a shame that we’ve lost these lovely values. I wish that we could bring them back. I wonder why those important morals and values have disappeared?
What a great old song. Sad, story behind it, but the song focuses on the happier moments he treasured. Great work Tom ... again 👍😀
Thanks, Rick!!!!
Beautiful songs, beautiful voice.
Thank you so much!
I love this mans gift , to us!!!
Glad to hear this music was preserved!
Such a melodious and beautiful song !! Thanks for uploading it Tom.... The song is so calming and the lyrics are beautiful. This kind of music just puts a smile on your face :) It's sad that a lot of young and old people alike these days are deprived the pleasure of listening to folk songs and simple and sweet music. They don't make a lot of music like this nowadays... Anyways greetings from India and keep up the good work!! 😊
Kaye Davis we used to sing this son g in assembly in the gym before sch ool was in session for the day in gra de school wow what memories
OMFG I ALWAYS THOUGHT FOSTER N ALLEN WERE THE ONES THAT MADE THIS SONG. I’m absolutely devastated
Really beautiful.
hank you so much for sharing.
Amazing love song for a long marriage and true love.
This is an absolutely beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. Thank you!
I cry when i listento this song
I know, The melody is so fun, but the lyrics is sed
I love this song
I often listen to this in korea
RIP Tom we all miss you.
Back again for my concert ... bring back the memories ... Great banjo !! Thank you so much Tom!
Thanks, Mary!
Mary Anne sheehy, what a beautiful profile picture!
My grandpa would go around singing this as he was working in the yard or on his car. All I remembered was something about "over the hills Maggie." I googled that and this came up. It makes me remember him all the more.
Thank you for sharing this great song. It brought to mind a memory from the summer of 1955 of a couple singing - the man singing this song while the woman sang one that went something like play a good old-fashioned melody like my mother sang to me. They were on D.C. TV Channel 5 WTTG. i think the man may have been Art Lamb, but don't have any recall of the woman's name. They sang it often and in perfect harmony. I always enjoyed it. Love pleasant memories. Thanks again.❤
Beautiful.
its so sad pala behind the story of the song
what story?
truly amazing
Awesome!!
Tom I live in Hamilton and one other great song was written here in Hamilton by Conway Twitty " It only make believe " He was performing here and I guess he was thinking of a love.
This song was actually written in Polk County, Tn.
I first heard this song on Gunsmoke when Chester (Dennis Weaver) was teaching Kitty (Amanda Blake) a few chords on a guitar. Lol. Nostalgia big time! It's now 2020 and this song is still a find. Kudos You Tube!
Thanks, Brenda!!!!
@@MusicOfTomRoush So welcome! I'm not all that old, watching Gunsmoke reruns on insp channel. I'm enthralled by the song and Gunsmoke. Can't get enough. I'm just a romantic at heart, I guess. 😍
@@brendaisajiw3417 If I remember correctly, Brenda, I think Doc sang this song when he was at the cemetery where his wife had been laid to rest sometime in the past, and he was there remembering her. It was then that he sang this song. I may be a tad off base here, but I am sure it was Doc who actually sang it in one of the episodes . Perhaps someone may be able to add a few more details to this. Thanks for sharing, Brenda!
What a voice and song !!!! I loved very much 🖐👍🙏
What a beautiful song!
That's so nice, dear Tom.🇷🇺
BRAVO 👏
I do like this song.
Oops, Tom and I will be celebrating our 49th anniversary !! This song is us for sure makes happy to hear because we got the hairs ( baldness, thinning ) , like Maggie and her husband. Hope to celebrate our 50th. Thank you for this song, we need and appreciate every note and word.
Two childre
Love it!
For a contrasting version of this traditional song, listen to the great Irish tenor John McCormack’s recording of it on RUclips.
They're played this song at my nana funeral
벤쳐스악단의 메기의추억 듣고싶은데 찾을수가없네요 도움을 청합니다 ~~
This is reminiscent of my fiancé who pass 10 years, and coincidentally her name was Peggy, heaven rest her soul.🥀✝️
One of the best american songs, Milano italy
Great version you’ve made, Tom! I also like Richard Jose’s version recorded in the early 1900’s. An interesting character with a very high tenor voice. Also, Brush Shiels did a rock version of the song. All worth checking out.
Tom Roush, I have been searching for about 4 years to find a recording of the original words as Johnson wrote them, with no lyrical changes at all. This version has both added and subtracted from the original poem, but I'm happy that it includes the second verse. Are you aware of a recording like I'm searching for? You have done a wonderful rendition of this work! Thank you!
I tried to follow the original words but forgot to include one chorus. My version is on RUclips.
@@brucespittle9325 I've just seen your RUclips contributions! Thank you for letting me know about them. When the sheet music was published, Johnson's words had already been changed, and since then many people have written their own verses, most of which are good yet not
original. See my post on your YT channel.
@@kayedavis1032 Thank you Kaye for your comments.
Had a record vinal version
And an old victrolla
Floor standing
My Grandmother's
NOT for sale
Connie
Cg
THUNDEROUS
❤❤❤👏
What a sweet song!
After an extensive search of recordings of this song, I can say that this version is the absolute closest to the original poem written by George Washington Johnson that I've found. The poem, of course, does not contain the chorus, so I can only guess that the chorus was possibly written by Johnson and Butterfield as the latter was composing the musical score in 1866. The only other diversion from the original poem is found in Line 5 of the last verse:
Original: "Our heads they say are as gray, Maggie..."
Edited (this version): "They say we are aged and gray, Maggie...."
It would be interesting to know whether Johnson also created this edit as the music was being written.
27 February, 2020 🎵
My name!!
I can't find the
George W. Johnson version anymore (it was recorded of a phonograph)
You can find the original poem as published in "Maple Leaves" Page 164 at the following: archive.org/details/cihm_44074/page/n171/mode/2up
I've never been able to find a recording of the unchanged lyrics on YT. I do own a copy of the 45 rpm vinyl recorded by Richard Nattress and purchased from the Glanbrook Heritage Society in Ontario, Canada
Farewell Tom.
Long since adopted by the Royal Burgh of Selkirk.
George Washington Johnson to his pupil Margaret Clark.
Yeeey! Maggie
we have the Same name!!
:)
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How did they record this?
I recorded this song one instrument at a time like the rest of my music
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💕 my gr.gr.grandma name is Maggie sarah Sample
Great old daguerreotypes and tin types.
Real Gem.But now after the entrance of jews in the music industry all jazz music take this place & destroyed this true gems🥲🥲🥲
Your CD is "Siver Threads Among The Gold" or "Silver Threads Among The Gold"?